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May 9, 2016, 11:39 PM

Be a Statistic!

Each year before Yom Ha’atzmaut the press publishes the population statistics of our country. For thirty years I have listened to these figures with awe and pride. From our humble beginnings of 800,000 at the creation of the state,...

Jan 13, 2015, 11:30 PM

Embracing The Blue and White

“Kol Ode Balevav P’nima…” The words to Israel’s national anthem were sung with a mixture of pride and sadness today, at the conclusion of the funeral for four French Jews, murdered on Friday at a kosher supermarket in Paris. What other nation,...

Nov 20, 2014, 3:15 PM

Stop And Smell The Roses

Headline: Four men walk into shul and put on their tallis and tefillin. They begin their day talking to their Maker and are mowed down by terrorists. A policeman, who was nearby, rushed to the scene. He succeeded in...

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Lisa Silverberg resides with her family in Beit Shemesh. She made aliyah from New York in 1986 and is an ardent Zionist.